Eating at Maintenance to Lose?

Lose_It_Leo

As I only want to lose 6lb, is it worth simply taking on board my maintenance goal's calories now? Has anyone done this?

I know little about actual daily calorific intake and wonder if a loss of 6lb will be so different in terms of daily intake over the long term?

55in13

The thing is that all the numbers are estimates. When losing, aiming for 500 below might be somewhere between 400 and 600 below but the inaccuracy doesn't keep you from losing. In maintenance or slow loss, you will have to watch the scale and tweak your diet because the inaccuracy does matter - it will put you in slight surplus or deficit. So yes, you can use the number as a starting point but watch the scale and tweak.

pkw58

The thing is that all the numbers are estimates. When losing, aiming for 500 below might be somewhere between 400 and 600 below but the inaccuracy doesn't keep you from losing. In maintenance or slow loss, you will have to watch the scale and tweak your diet because the inaccuracy does matter - it will put you in slight surplus or deficit. So yes, you can use the number as a starting point but watch the scale and tweak.

Totally agree!

GymPoet

The thing is that all the numbers are estimates. When losing, aiming for 500 below might be somewhere between 400 and 600 below but the inaccuracy doesn't keep you from losing. In maintenance or slow loss, you will have to watch the scale and tweak your diet because the inaccuracy does matter - it will put you in slight surplus or deficit. So yes, you can use the number as a starting point but watch the scale and tweak.

Yup.

Lose_It_Leo

Thanks. I will bare this in mind.